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Brilliant Set 5 Japanese Makuzu cups, Miyagawa Kozan browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1920: item # 583397 Please refer to our stock # TCR1918 when inquiring.
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| A set of five cups in unusual dark burgundy glaze circled with a running ring of mottled color by Makuzu Kozan II (Miyagawa Hanzan, 1859-1940). Blues, greens, black and pink mingle in rivulets down the sides. A truly exceptional set. Each cup is roughly 3-1/4 inches (8 cm) diameter, the same height. Each is individually signed on the base. Originally part of a set of 20, there were fifteen remaining in the box when we purchased, these five the only that were undamaged. The box is annotated as being purchased in Gifu prefecture by Sakuma Ichitaro in March 1917 (nine months after the death of the first Kozan). If desired we can include the old wooden box (not signed by the artist, but annotated by the owner) and the remaining 10 damaged cups, although 50 dollars will be added for the extra cost of shipping. The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of the Kyoto pottery family Miyagawa Chozo. The Kozan kiln as we know it was established in Yokohama in 1871 by the 11th generation head of the family where he reinvented the family business. He immediately set out on a journey which would propel the Makuzu Kiln to International Celebrity status, and send his wares throughout the globe. The first son, Hanzan, succeeded as head of the kiln, in 1912, with the father officially retires to spend more time on his own research and art. Kozan I dies in 1916. The kiln was run by Hanzan through the early Showa era, he officially taking the name Kozan II in 1917, after one year mourning for his fathers passing. Under Hanzan the kiln was commissioned for works to be presented to the Prince of Wales, the 25th wedding anniversary gift for the Taisho emperor and the Showa Emperors coronation gift. The kiln was completely destroyed in the bombing of Yokohama in 1945. For more on this illustrious family see Bridging East and West, Japanese Ceramics from the Kozan Studio by Kathleen Emerson-Dell. | ||||||||||||||
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